WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/UKR/3 
29 July 2009 
 (09-3675) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UKRAINE  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  State Committee of Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Raw animal products, feed additives, premixes, feed for livestock, other 
products of animal origin cons isting of ruminants’ protein: 
0201  Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled 
0201 10 00 00 Carcasses and half-carcasses 0201 20  Other cuts with bone in: 
0201 20 20 00 Compensated' quarters 
0201 20 30 00 Unseparated or separated forequarters 0201 20 50 00 Unseparated or separated hindquarters 0201 20 90 00 Other 0201 30 00 00 Boneless 
0202  Meat of bovine animals, frozen 
0202 10 00 00 Carcasses and half-carcasses 0202 20  Other cuts with bone in 0202 20 10 00 Compensated' quarters 
0202 20 30 00 Unseparated or separated forequarters 
0202 20 50 00 Unseparated or separated hindquarters 
0202 20 90 00 Other 
0202 30  Boneless 0202 30 10 00 Forequarters, whole or cut into a maximum of five pieces, each quarter 
being in a single frozen block; "compensated" quarters in two frozen blocks, one of which contains the forequarter, whole or cut into a 
maximum of five pieces, and the ot her, the hindquarter, excluding the 
tenderloin, in one piece 
0202 30 50 00 Crop, chuck and blade and brisket cuts 0202 30 90 00 Other 0210 20  Meat of bovine animals 
0210 20 10 00 With bone in 
0210 20 90 00 Boneless 0210 90  Other, including edible flours and meals of meat and meat offal 0511 99 50 00 Embryos of bovine animals 0511 99 80 00 Other 1502 00  Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of  
  heading 1503 00 
1602 50  Of bovine animals G/SPS/N/UKR/3 
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  1602 50 10 00 Uncooked; mixtures of cooked me at or offal and uncooked meat or offal 
1602 50 31 00 Corned beef 1602 50 39 00 Other 1602 50 80 00 Other 1602 90 51 00 Containing meat or meat offal of domestic swine 
1602 90 61 00 Uncooked; mixtures of cooked me at or offal and uncooked meat or offal 
1602 90 69 00 Other 0204  Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen 0204 10 00 00 Carcases and half-carcases of lamb, fresh or chilled 0204 21 00 00 Carcases and half-carcases 
0204 22  Other cuts with bone in 
0204 22 10 00 Short forequarters 0204 22 30 00 Chines and/or best ends 0204 22 50 00 Legs 0204 22 90 00 Other 
0204 23 00 00 Boneless 
0204 30 00 00 Carcases and half-carcases of lamb, frozen 0204 41 00 00 Carcases and half-carcases 0204 42  Other cuts with bone in 0204 42 10 00 Short forequarters 
0204 42 30 00 Chines and/or best ends or half chines and/or best ends  
0204 42 50 00 Legs or half-legs 0204 42 90 00 Other 0204 43  Boneless 0204 43 10 00 Of lamb 0204 43 90 00 Other 
0204 50  Meat of goats 
0204 50 11 00 Carcases and half-carcases 0204 50 13 00 Short forequarters 0204 50 15 00 Chines and/or best ends or half chines and/or best ends  0204 50 19 00 Legs or half-legs 
0204 50 31 00 Cuts with bone in 
0204 50 39 00 Boneless cuts Frozen 0204 50 51 00 Carcases and half-carcases 0204 50 53 00 Short forequarters 0204 50 55 00 Chines and/or best ends or half chines and/or best ends  
0204 50 59 00 Legs or half-legs 
0204 50 71 00 Cuts with bone in 0204 50 79 00 Boneless cuts 0205 00 90 00 Meat of asses, mules or hinnies  0206  Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, 
mulesorhinnies,  fresh, chilled or frozen 
0206 10  Of bovine animals, fresh or chilled 
0206 10 10 00 For the manufacture of pharmaceutical products 0206 10 91 00 Livers 0206 10 95 00 Thick skirt and thin skirt 0206 10 99 00 Other of bovine animals, frozen 
0206 21 00 00 Tongues 
0206 22  Livers 0206 22 10 00 For the manufacture of pharmaceutical products 0206 22 90 00 Other  G/SPS/N/UKR/3 
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  0206 29  Other 
0206 29 10 00 For the manufacture of pharmaceutical products 0206 29 91 00 Thick skirt and thin skirt 0206 29 99 00 Other 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or 
[   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Notice of Chief Inspector of Veterinary Medicine of 
Ukraine # 15-3-2-16/4256 as of 21 July 2009, "On postponement of implementation of the Order of the State Committee of Veterina ry Medicine of Ukraine No 149 as of 
20.05.2009", "On  ammendments to the Order of Chief Inspector of Veterinary Medicine of 
Ukraine No 23 as of 12.03.2001", "On urgent measures on prevention and elimination of 
the appearence of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy and other prion infection". 
Language:  Ukrainian  Number of pages:  1   
6. Description of content:  To ensure proper implementation of the Order of the State 
Committee of Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine No 149 as of 20.05.2009 "On  
ammendments to the Order of Chief Inspector of Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine No 23 as 
of 12.03.2001", "On urgent measures on prevention and elimination of the appearence of 
the bovine spongiform encephalopathy and other pr ion infection", to ensure continuity of 
receipts of goods to Ukraine under the pre-signed contracts, to provide sufficient time for the inspection of foreign enterprises, the St ate Committee of Veterinary Medicine of 
Ukraine postpones until 14 January 2010 the im plementation of the provisions of the 
above-mentioned Order concerning obligator y inspection of foreign enterprises by 
Ukrainian experts for acquiring necessary Conclusion of the Authorized Bodies of  
Veterinary Medicine of Ukraine. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ X ] protect territory from other damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)    
[   ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)     
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     
[ X ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [   ] Yes   [   ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    G/SPS/N/UKR/3 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   
Decree of the President of Ukraine N 192 as of 22.03.2001 "On urgent measures to ensure 
stable epizootic situation in Ukra ine" (available in Ukrainian at: 
http://zakon1.rada.gov.ua/cgi-bin /laws/main.cgi?nreg=192%2F2001
) 
Law of Ukraine "On veterinary medicine" with changes (available in Ukrainian at: 
http://zakon.rada.gov.ua/cgi-b in/laws/main.cgi?nreg=2498-12 )   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  20 May 2009 
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :      
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  14 January 2010    
[   ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [ X ] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  27 September 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National Notification 
Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
WTO Enquiry Point and Information Processing Centre:  
MSP 04655, city of Kyiv, 8 Lvivska Sq. 
Tel.:  +(38 44) 272-11-24  
Fax:  +(38 44) 272-11-47  E-mail: ep@mfert.gov.ua 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National Notification Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
WTO Enquiry Point and Information Processing Centre:  
MSP 04655, city of Kyiv, 8 Lvivska Sq. 
Tel.:  +(38 44) 272-11-24  Fax:  +(38 44) 272-11-47  E-mail: ep@mfert.gov.ua 
Website where the text is available: http://www.vet.gov.ua/data/news/news_401.doc
 
(Ukrainian version)